CoN. Rzs. A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should be condemned for its policy of demanding a ransom from educated Jews who want to emigrate to Israel Whereas. the Soviet Union has refused to permit Jewish citizens to emigrate from a land where they are forced to live with bigotry and repression to Israel. which Is offering them a home. Whereas. the Soviet Union has been confiscating almost all of the possessions of those Jews who are permitted to go to Israel. and Whereas. the Soviet Union has begun demanding a ransom of up to $25.000 for Jews who have an advanced education: Now. therefore. be it -Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring). That the government and leaders of the Soviet Union should be condemned for creating a class of slaves in the 20th Century by forcing thousands of people to live and work in a country which they want to leave. because they do not have money to ransom themselves into freedom.
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